Day 5: Ease-out #1

Today was the first day of the Ease-out, the goal was consume orange juice throughout the day, this could be supplemented with fresh pineapple, orange slices, papaya, or mango. If the fruit was bothersome to the stomach, vegetable broth could also be eaten.

Weight: 189 pounds
Calories consumed: 1306 (232 grams of sugar today)
Fat: 14 grams
Carbs: 290 grams
Protein: 19 grams
Physical: Fine, my body felt a little sluggish, but didn't ache like the day on the lemonade diet. I still didn't feel like I had enough energy to workout.
Mental/Psychological: Great! I was so excited to fall asleep last night knowing that I would be waking up to a day that didn't include the lemonade drink! The orange juice tasted fantastic!
Exercise: no specific exercise
Notable reaction of the day: "Breathe deeply, I think you need more protein."

Meal prep & how I felt:
Upon waking I drank 2 cups of orange juice, and 2 more before I left the house. For lunch I purchased 2 cups of cut pineapple, a bag of organic clementines, a bag of tangelos, and a bottle of Naked Juice - OJ from Whole Foods. I drank the OJ and ate half the pineapple for lunch. I didn't know how quickly I would feel full upon eating the fruit. 2 hours later I ate 4 clementines, and two hours after that my stomach was rumbling (I think it was excited to produce gastric juices). I ate two clementine in the car on the way home and when I arrived home I juiced the four tangelos (produced 2 cups of juice) and drank that. For dinner I went out to a restaurant for a friends birthday and didn't feel too hungry, the only food I could order was a cold cucumber soup, I probably ate about 1/2 cup and my stomach feels fine.

I realized today how easy it can be to cheat the Ease-out, it seems like "it couldn't hurt" to just try a little something (protein, dairy, bread) if you are going to be able to eat it in a few days.